(Note: Dancing is
held every Sunday from 7:00 to 10:00 at the Masonic Lodge, 11
South Main Street, West Hartford, CT. Requested donation is $8 on
regular dance evenings and $12 when we have a live band or guest
teacher. Special events will be posted as soon as they are
scheduled; bookmark this site and check back often.)
August
- August 2, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- August 9, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- August 16, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- August 23, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- August 30, 2009:
Regular dance evening. Come sing with us
this evening at 6:45 sharp. Everybody welcome. We will
sing songs that accompany dances in our repertoire.
Lyrics provided.
Note: Pre-pay
information: $250 for the year, payable on Sept 6. Free entrance
to all regular dance evenings throughout the year, helps the
Board schedule bands and workshops, assures our group will be
solvent in order to continue to meet every Sunday.
September
- September 6, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- September 13, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- September 20, 2009:
Season-opener Dance Party with Members of XOPO (Becky, Miamon, Joe, Barbara).
We're
also having a MEDIA SALE tonight, so bring your gently
used audio and video materials to sell -- Tapes, CDs, VCR
and DVD media are all welcome. Proceeds to benefit Always
on Sunday. And be prepared to buy what's on offer!
- September 27, 2009 (Yom
Kippur Begins): All-request night. (No singing
session this evening.)
October
- October 4, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- October 11, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- October 18, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- October 25, 2009:
Workshop with guest teacher, Tom Roby. Tom will spend part of the time
calling English Country Dances and part leading favorite
Balkan dances. The program will interest dancers at all
experience levels. No partner necessary. Tom is an
encyclopedic source of dance knowledge and a delightful
teacher. Request dancing, the remainder of the evening. (Come
at 6:45 for a 15-minute singing session.)
November
- November 1, 2009 (Daylight
Savings Time Ends): Regular dance evening.
- November 8, 2009:
Regular dance evening. Our own Pauline Kavanagh will
instruct us in Italian dances from 7:30-8:30.
- November 15, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- November 22, 2009:
Lynn Levine Remembrance Dance Party with music by Hijaz and Friends, our "house"
band.
- November 29, 2009:
Regular dance evening. (Come at 6:45 for a 15-minute
singing session.)
December
- December 6, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- December 13, 2009:
Holiday Dance Party featuring the Balkan group Družina. Experience a high energy mix of
dances including time-honored favorites.
- December 20, 2009:
Regular dance evening.
- December 27, 2009:
All-request night.
January
- January 3, 2010:
Regular dance evening. (Come at 6:45 for a 15-minute
singing session.)
- January 10, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- January 17, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- January 24, 2010:
Dance party with music by Zdravets (snow date: Jan. 31).
- January 31, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
February
- February 7, 2010:
Regular dance evening. (Come at 6:45 for a 15-minute
singing session.)
- February 14, 2009 (Valentine's
Day): Regular dance evening.
- February 21, 2010:
"It's dark, it's loud, and everyone is on their feet
- it must be Gogofski!" Join us for a lively evening
of dancing to a variety of music from Macedonia performed
on the accordion, clarinet, and drum. New dancers are
welcome, no partners needed. (Snow date: Feb. 28.)
- February 28, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
March
- March 7, 2010:
Regular dance evening. (Come at 6:45 for a 15-minute
singing session.)
- March 14, 2010 (Daylight
Savings Time Begins): Regular dance evening.
- March 21, 2010:
Join us for a wonderful dance workshop presented by Lee Otterholt. Lee's specialty is dances from
ethnic minorities such as Vlach, Gypsy (Rom), Shiptar (Albanians
living in former Yugoslavia,) and others. He is also an
expert in dances from Greece and Romania. He encourages
folk dancing for the joy it brings.
- March 28, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
April
- April 4, 2010 (Easter
Sunday): Regular dance evening from 7-10. Note:
We will meet this evening only at Temple Beth Torah, 130 Main
Street, Wethersfield, CT, instead of the usual location. Come and help us decide if we want
to consider this as a possible regular location starting
some time in the future! Click for directions. (Come at 6:45 for a 15-minute
singing session.)
- April 11, 2010:
All-Greek Dance Party with music by Beth Bahia Cohen and Demetri Tashie. Note: We are back to our regular
location, Masonic Lodge, 11 South Main Street, West
Hartford, CT.
- April 18, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- April 25, 2010:
Regular dance evening. (Note: This is NEFFA weekend,
in Mansfield, MA, but we dance as usual on Sunday evening.)
May
- May 2, 2010:
Dance Party with music by Rakiya.
Dance to live Balkan and Roma music by this electrifying
band from Boston. New dancers are welcome; no partners
needed.
- May 9, 2010 (Mother's
Day) Regular dance evening.
- May 16, 2010:
All-request dance evening, with a break for our Annual
meeting from 8:30-8:50. Bring your ideas and suggestions;
vote for our board of directors.
- May 23, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- May 30, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
June
- June 6, 2010:
Annual Bruce Batts Remembrance Dance Party with music by Tom Pixton.
- June 13, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- June 20, 2010 (Father's
Day): Regular dance evening.
- June 27, 2010:
All-request night.
July
- July 4, 2010 (Independence
Day): Regular dance evening.
- July 11, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- July 18, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- July 25, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
August
- August 1, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- August 8, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- August 15, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- August 22, 2010:
Regular dance evening.
- August 29, 2010:
Regular dance evening. Note: This will be our last evening
at the Masonic Hall.
Beginning September 5, Always on Sunday will be meeting
at Temple Beth
Torah, 130 Main
Street, (Old) Wethersfield, CT, 06109. The new location
is right off I-91, South of Hartford.